1520 James Annand

Constituency  : Eastern  Aberdeenshire  1906

James  took  East  Aberdeenshire  from  the  Liberal  Unionist  Archibald  Maconochie.  Ironically.  he  was  fiercely  opposed  to  Home  Rule  himself

James  was  the  son  of  a  blacksmith. He  started  out  in  that  trade  himself  but  friends  helped  him  buy  a  share  of  the  Buchan  Observer  and  instal  himself  as  editor. After  six  years  he  sold  up  and  moved  to  London  but  found  few  openings  there  He  moved  into  the  north  east  of  England , initially  under  the  patronage  of  Joseph  Cowen and  edited  several  papers  there  including  the  Newcastle  Daily  Chronicle. He  stood  at  Tynemouth  in  1892  and  ASt  Andrews  Burghs  in  1900. He  had  briefly  been  the  son-in-law  of  Morpeth  MP  Thomas  Burt.

James  moved  to  London  for  the  opening  of  Parliament  but  he  died   of  angina  pectoris  sixteen  days  after  his  election  before  he  had  the  chance  to  take  his  seat. He  was  62.